STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR EAST COAST WINTRY MIX
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EST THU JAN 17 2008

...SNOW AND SLEET SPREADING INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM SOUTHERN VIRGINIA NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. IN
ADDITION...A HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL
PORTION OF MAINE.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 400 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. PLAIN RAIN
WAS REPORTED ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF EASTERN
VIRGINIA...WHILE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AREA NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL
MARYLAND. OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE
MASON-DIXON LINE. A 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES...AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST AND WILL SLOWLY
STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 100 PM
EST WED JAN 16 THROUGH 300 PM EST THU JAN 17...

...MARYLAND...
GLEN BURNIE                           4.2 
FROSTBURG                             4.0 
COLUMBIA                              3.8 
DAMASCUS                              3.6 
CROFTON                               3.3 
REISTERSTOWN                          3.0 
SILVER SPRING                         3.0 

...DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
MOUNT PLEASANT                        2.0

...VIRGINIA...
HOT SPRINGS                           7.3 
BRIDGEWATER                           6.0 
BLACKSBURG - BRUSH MOUNTAIN           6.0
GLENVAR                               6.0 
SHAWSVILLE                            6.0 
SWOOPE                                6.0 
WYTHEVILLE                            5.5 
SALEM                                 5.0 
COVINGTON                             5.0 
OPAL                                  5.0
BUENA VISTA                           4.5 
DULLES AIRPORT                        4.0 
REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT               1.0 

...WEST VIRGINIA...
WILLIAMSBURG                          8.0 
FRIARS HILL                           6.0 
LEWISBURG                             5.0 
HINTON                                5.0 
RENICKS VALLEY                        4.5 
BLUEFIELD                             3.8 

...NORTH CAROLINA...
BALSAM                                8.0 
SALUDA                                6.2 
BULADEAN                              6.0 
HENDERSONVILLE                        6.0 
PATTERSON                             5.0 
JONESVILLE                            5.0
BOONE                                 5.0 
ASHEVILLE                             4.5 
LAKE TOXAWY                           4.3
ELKVILLE                              4.0
ROBBINSVILLE                          3.0
HAYS                                  3.0
SPARTA                                3.0

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
SALEM                                 4.0 
TIGERVILLE                            4.0
MARIETTA                              3.0
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG ARPT           2.7
BOILING SPRINGS                       2.4
CHESTERFIELD                          2 TO 3
LANCASTER                             2 TO 3
KERSHAW                               2.0
LONGTOWN                              1.5
LAURENS                               1.0 

...GEORGIA...
YOUNG HARRIS 5 SE                     4.0 
TALLULAH FALLS                        3.5
ROCKMART 4 SE                         3.0 
HIAWASSEE                             2.0 
CANTON                                2.0 
CORNELIA                              1.5 
CLEVELAND                             1.5 
WOODSTOCK                             1.5 
TALLULAH FALLS                        1.4
CLAYTON                               1.2 
CUMMING                               1.0 
BALL GROUND                           1.0 
DACULA                                1.0 
ATLANTA                               0.4 

...TENNESSEE...
NEWFOUND GAP                          7.0 
MT LECONTE                            6.5 
SAMS GAP                              3 TO 4 
COLUMBIA 6 E                          1.5 
LAWRENCEBURG                          1.2 
CENTERVILLE 13 W                      1.0 
ST. JOSEPH                            1.0 
TELLICO                               1.0 

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 100
PM EST WED JAN 16 THROUGH 300 PM EST THU JAN 17...

...NORTH CAROLINA...
BREVARD                               0.25 
HENDERSONVILLE                        0.25 
SALUDA                                0.20 

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
SIMPSONVILLE                          0.25 
LANDRUM                               0.13 

...GEORGIA...
CORNELIA                              0.25 
ATLANTA AREA                          0.25


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE NORTHEASTWARD THIS
EVENING TOWARD THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO NEW
ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. WARMER AIR SHOULD KEEP THE PRECIPITATION AS
RAIN IN THE COASTAL SECTIONS AND MAY CHANGE SOME OF THE WINTRY MIX
TO RAIN IN THE INTERIOR. WHILE THE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY RAPIDLY...IT WILL STILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS
THE STORM SYSTEM PASSES TO THE NORTHEAST.

FURTHER NORTH...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COASTLINE FROM NEW JERSEY TO NEW ENGLAND...LIKELY SPARING THESE
LOCATIONS ANY HEAVY SNOWFALL. INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND MAY
RECEIVE OVER SIX INCHES OF SNOW.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM EST THU JAN 17. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THIS EVENT.

FRACASSO